Fairview quarterback Anders Hill fired towards the sidelines on the Knights final drive of the game. The Fairview High School football team remained undefeated with a 33-30 win over Pomona Friday night, October 18, 2013. The Knights kicked a field goal as time expired in the fourth quarter. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

The 6-foot-4, 215-pound senior helped lead the Knights to the Class 5A state championship game before losing to Valor Christian 56-16. Hill’s 3,878 passing yards this season are the fourth-most in Colorado history. He also scratched his name into the single-season record book at No. 2 in both completed passes (283) and attempted passes (426).

“Commited to Columbia University,” Hill tweeted on Tuesday. “Couldn’t thank everyone enough who has been there for me throughout the process.”

Hill told BoCoPreps.com that he also drew interest from Yale and Cornell, and had talked to coaches from Colorado and Vanderbilt.

Christian McCaffrey of Valor Christian High School celebrates his interception return touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Class 5A football semifinal game against Cherokee Trail High School at Legacy Stadium in Aurora on Nov. 23, 2013. Valor Christian won 42-23. (Photo by Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)

Saturday’s Class 5A state football title game between Valor Christian and Fairview will feature several players who have been writing themselves into Colorado’s record books.

On top of that, Valor Christian is in striking distance of cracking the top 10 for most points by a team in a season. The Eagles have 602 on the year and No. 10 is 649. They’re also tied for No. 10 with the 1995 Stratton team for most touchdowns in a season with 86.

The Fairview High School football team in 2010. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)

Cleveland rocks! Fairview High School football hopes to experience just that when it heads to the Browns’ practice facility for the NFL’s 7-on-7 finals from July 11-14.

The Knights will represent the Broncos and Colorado in the national tournament after winning the local version last weekend in Dove Valley. They outlasted 64 teams, ranging from large class to small, and were sharp.

A year ago, Horizon, which Fairview defeated early in the field, advanced to the final grouping in Indianapolis. And while McCartney feels good about his skill players earning necessary repetitions for the 2013 season, he realizes this is not the football he and his Boulder-based group will see once August arrives. Seven-on-7 is contested on a 40-yard field and quarterbacks have 4 seconds to release the football. No linemen, no pass rush and it’s one-hand touch.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.